[4] It was named after a prominent local businessman and politician A. E. Chandler, who was instrumental in pushing through the development of the Outer Circle railway.

[6] The line closed shortly after, in 1893, due to a lack of passengers, leaving a disused railway bridge crossing the Yarra River.

[9] In December 1954, the Country Roads Board (CRB) (later VicRoads) performed major maintenance on the bridge, involving deck renewal and the strengthening of the original trusses.

[15] The bridge consists of a four-span iron box girder with red brick abutments and piers, capped with dressed bluestone.

[16] After the new Chandler Highway road bridges had been opened in 2019 it underwent a restoration, and is now a dedicated shared pedestrian and cycling path.

The State Member for Northcote, Fiona Richardson (Labor) led a community campaign during the term of Premier John Brumby (2007–10) in advocating for the bridge to be duplicated.

In the intervening period the Amcor Paper Mill, on the corner of Heidelberg Road and Chandler Highway, Alphington ceased operations and vacated the site in 2012 before it was sold in mid 2013.

[20] Successive State governments gave high level approval for residential development at the site subject to detailed planning, to address the likely increased traffic congestion in an already gridlocked area.

[23] Construction commenced in mid-2017, all six lanes were opened to traffic in March 2019, and all work was declared complete in July 2019,[24] with the old bridge converted for use by pedestrians and cyclists.